We’ve had a Stop the BNP too! page since StopBoris.org launched, but have been neglecting our duties in this important area somewhat in recent weeks.

Fortunately, Question That hasn’t, and has written this helpful post explaining the issues at stake and also helpfully pointing out that it is even possible to vote tactically in the proportional representation part of your ballot to minimise the impact of any BNP success.

You can [stop the BNP] by voting for any party or candidate (other than the BNP, of course) in the list election (using the peach ballot paper). Any vote will play its part in reducing the BNP’s percentage.

However, it will be more effective** to vote for a party that is likely to poll more than 5%. Partly because of splits, neither the moderate Euro-sceptic right nor the far left are expected to gain a seat on the Assembly. That means a choice between Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats or the Green Party.

** This is because candidates who poll less than 5% drop out of the count. Therefore, should the BNP overcome this threshold, only votes for another party polling more than 5% will help to keep their total number of seats down.

Excellent stuff. And I don’t just say that because he’s an all-too-rare sight in the libertarian blogosphere: someone considering holding his nose and voting for Ken to keep Boris out!

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